Every health tech conference this year will feature a panel titled something like “AI and the Future of Prior Authorization: Toward a Collaborative Care Ecosystem.” The speakers will use the
A few years ago, I watched a regional nonprofit in community health and wellness come close to imploding. An executive director was let go over financial concerns. Several of her
We could all use a little help these days. Americans are lonelier than ever, and more than 1 in 5 now suffers from a mental illness. Demand for support is
Bausch + Lomb is dropping plans to develop a drug for glaucoma after the experimental treatment failed a mid-stage clinical trial, but it’s not the end of the road for
Pediatric mental health startup Handspring picked up $19 million in Series B funding this week. The company aims to help reshape how children’s mental health care is delivered — mainly
UnitedHealthcare launched a Lifestyle Spending Account on Thursday that aims to give employers a flexible way to fund employees’ health needs. The Lifestyle Spending Account is integrated with UHC Store,
Advancements in interoperability and data sharing have helped more providers share more data than ever before. But these developments come with a new set of challenges hospitals need to solve,
IKS Health, a Dallas-based healthcare software company, completed its $557 million acquisition of TruBridge on Thursday. The deal, first announced in April, brings the Mobile, Alabama-based startup — which sells
An RNA therapy from partners Ionis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca failed a pivotal study as a treatment for a type of cardiomyopathy that can progress to heart failure, dashing hopes of
A rare autoimmune disease affecting the kidneys has a new FDA approved treatment, a first-in-class Vera Therapeutics drug whose approach of hitting two targets sets it apart from the medicines
